25-940: Biddle may refer to: People [ edit ] Biddle (surname) Biddle family , American family Places [ edit ] Biddle, Montana , United States, a census-designated place Biddle Island (Indiana) , United States Biddle Street , Baltimore, Maryland, United States Biddle Street, Yatton , biological site in England Other uses [ edit ] Biddle Motor Car Company , brass era automobile company based in Philadelphia USS ; Biddle , several United States Navy ships Biddle University , historical name of Johnson C. Smith University Biddle Memorial Hall, Johnson C. Smith University , Charlotte, North Carolina See also [ edit ] Biddle House (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
50-613: A heart attack at his summer home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts , on Cape Cod , at the age of 82. Biddle was interred at the St. Thomas' Church Cemetery in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania . Biddle's writing skills had long been in evidence prior to the release of his memoirs. In 1927, he wrote a novel about Philadelphia society, The Llanfear Pattern . In 1942, he wrote of his close association with Oliver Wendell Holmes 30 years earlier with
75-586: A biography of the jurist, Mr. Justice Holmes , which was adapted into a 1946 Broadway play and a 1950 film entitled The Magnificent Yankee . Democratic Thinking and the War was published in 1944. His 1949 book, The World's Best Hope , looked at the role of the United States in the post-war era. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963. Biddle was portrayed by Len Cariou in
100-467: A civil rights case. At U.S. President Harry S. Truman 's request, Biddle resigned after Roosevelt's death. Shortly afterward, Truman appointed Biddle as a judge at the Nuremberg trials . Tom C. Clark , Biddle's successor, told the story that Biddle was the first government official whose resignation Truman sought and that it was quite a difficult task. Biddle was amused by Truman's stammering, but after it
125-1306: A duel with a congressman William P. Biddle (1853–1923), 11th Commandant of United States Marine Corps Others [ edit ] Adrian Biddle (1952–2005), English cinematographer Charles J. Biddle (aviator) (1890–1972), American World War I fighter pilot Dick Biddle (1947–2023), American football player and coach Ellen Biddle Shipman (1869–1950), American landscape architect George Biddle (politician) (1836–1909), American politician from Maryland Hester Biddle ( c. 1629 –1697), English Quaker writer and preacher James Biddle Eustis (1834–1884), American politician from Louisiana John Biddle (Unitarian) (1615–1662), English Unitarian Joseph Franklin Biddle (1871–1936), American politician from Pennsylvania Mary Duke Biddle (1887–1960), American philanthropist Melvin E. Biddle (1923–2010), American World War II Medal of Honor recipient Owen Biddle (musician) (born 1977), American bass guitarist and songwriter with The Roots Stephen Biddle (born 1959), American foreign policy scholar Taye Biddle (born 1983), American football player William W. Biddle (1900-1973), American psychologist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
150-456: A position that he held for three years. One decade later, he wrote two volumes of memoirs: A Casual Past in 1961 and In Brief Authority in 1962. His final position came as chairman of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Commission from which he resigned in 1965. On April 27, 1918, Biddle was married to the poet Katherine Garrison Chapin . They had two sons: Biddle died on October 4, 1968, of
175-439: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Biddle (surname) Biddle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Philadelphia family [ edit ] Main article: Biddle family Alexander Biddle (1819-1899), American businessman Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847-1891), American lawyer and law professor at
200-522: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Francis Biddle Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886 – October 4, 1968) was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II . He also served as the primary American judge during Nuremberg trials following World War II and a United States circuit judge of the Court of Appeals for
225-671: Is necessary is dangerous and repugnant to the principles of our government." Roosevelt resisted, however, and the camps would not be closed for another year. In a postwar memoir, Biddle wrote that "American citizens of Japanese origin were not even handled like aliens of the other enemy nationalities—Germans and Italians—on a selective basis, but as untouchables, a group who could not be trusted and had to be shut up only because they were of Japanese descent." Biddle strengthened his department's efforts on behalf of African-American civil rights by instructing United States attorneys to direct their prosecutions against forced labor in
250-587: The Espionage Act of 1917 to attempt to shut down "vermin publications", which included Father Coughlin 's publication entitled Social Justice . Biddle prosecuted several prominent left-wing individuals and organizations under the Smith Act . In 1941, he authorized the prosecution of 29 Socialist Workers Party members in a move that was criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union . Under
275-581: The South away from the usual practice of charging " peonage ", which required them to find an element of debt, toward bringing charges of " slavery " and " involuntary servitude " against employers and local officials. On February 10, 1942, Biddle ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe into the lynching of Cleo Wright in Sikeston , Missouri , which was the United States' first federal investigation of
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#1732841249958300-1218: The University of Pennsylvania Law School Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. (1874–1948), Philadelphia millionaire Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897-1961), Soldier and diplomat Charles Biddle (1745–1821), Vice-President of Pennsylvania Charles John Biddle (1819–1873), American congressman and editor Clement Biddle (1740–1814), American Revolutionary War soldier and quartermaster general Edward Biddle (1738–1779), American lawyer and statesman Francis Biddle (1886–1968), US Attorney General and judge in Nuremberg trials George Biddle (1885–1973), American artist James Biddle (1783–1848), American naval officer Jesse Biddle (born 1991), American professional baseball player from Philadelphia John Biddle (Michigan politician) (1792–1859), American politician and congressman John Biddle (United States Army officer) (1859–1936), American army general and acting U.S. Army Chief of Staff John Biddle (yachting cinematographer) (1925–2008), America's Cup Hall of Fame cinematographer and lecturer Livingston L. Biddle Jr. (1918–2002), American third chairman of National Endowment for
325-419: The surname Biddle . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biddle_(surname)&oldid=1225351769 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
350-476: The Arts Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844), American financier Nicholas Biddle (naval officer) (1750–1778), American naval officer Peter Biddle (born 1966), American Microsoft engineer Richard Biddle (1796–1847), American author and politician Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), American escort agency owner and autobiographer Thomas Biddle (1790–1831), War of 1812 American hero killed in
375-589: The Germans in military tribunals by citing Ex parte Milligan (1866), a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not establish military tribunals to try civilians in areas that civilian courts were functioning, even during wartime. Biddle responded that the Germans were not entitled to have access to civilian courts because of their status as unlawful combatants . The US Supreme Court upheld that decision in Ex parte Quirin (1942) by ruling that
400-575: The Third Circuit . Biddle was born in Paris , France, while his family was living abroad. He was one of four sons of Frances Brown (née Robinson) and Algernon Sydney Biddle , a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School of the Biddle family . He was also a great-great-grandson of Edmund Randolph (1753–1813) the seventh Governor of Virginia , the second United States Secretary of State , and
425-482: The act, he also tried unsuccessfully to have trade unionist Harry Bridges deported. In 1942, Biddle became involved in a case in which a military tribunal appointed by Roosevelt tried eight captured Nazi agents for espionage and for planning sabotage in the United States as part of the German Operation Pastorius . Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Royall challenged Roosevelt's decision to prosecute
450-523: The first United States Attorney General . He graduated from Groton School , where he participated in boxing. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909 from Harvard College and a Bachelor of Laws in 1911 from Harvard Law School . Biddle first worked as a private secretary to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. from 1911 to 1912. He spent the next 27 years by practicing law in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . In 1912, he supported
475-545: The military commission that was set up to try the Germans was lawful. On August 3, 1942, all eight were found guilty and sentenced to death. Five days later, six of the eight were executed in the electric chair on the third floor of the District of Columbia jail. The other two were given prison terms since they had willingly turned their comrades over to the FBI . In 1948, both men were released from prison and returned to Germany. Biddle
500-716: The presidential candidacy of former US President Theodore Roosevelt 's renegade Bull Moose Party . He was a special assistant to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1922 to 1926. During World War I he served as Private in the United States Army from October 23 to November 30, 1918. After he enlisted, he was detailed to the Field Artillery Central Officer's training school at Camp Taylor, Kentucky but
525-649: The role before resigning on January 22, 1940, to become the United States Solicitor General . This also turned out to be a short-lived position when Roosevelt nominated him to the position of Attorney General of the United States in 1941. During this time he also served as chief counsel to the Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1938 to 1939. During World War II , Biddle used
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#1732841249958550-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Biddle . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biddle&oldid=1210439220 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
575-683: The war ended during his training and he was discharged. In the 1930s, Biddle was appointed to a number of important governmental roles. In 1934 President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated him to become Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board . On February 9, 1939, Roosevelt nominated Biddle to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit , to a seat vacated by Joseph Buffington . The United States Senate confirmed Biddle on February 28, 1939, and he received his commission on March 4, 1939. He served only one year in
600-399: Was one of the few top officials, along with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes , who opposed the wartime internment of Japanese Americans from the start. In 1943, after the internment had already taken place, he asked Roosevelt for the camps to be closed: "The present practice of keeping loyal American citizens in concentration camps for longer than
625-677: Was over, he threw his arm around the President and said, "See, Harry, now that wasn't so hard." In 1947, he was nominated by Truman as the US representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council . However, after the Republican Party refused to act on the nomination, Biddle asked Truman to withdraw his name. In 1950, he was named as chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action ,
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